Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.

We were like psychedelic folk combined with Sonic Youth's noise.

Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.

What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.

I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.

There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.